Software Developer Placement Student

Clients rely on us for laptop setup, Intune enrolment, backup monitoring and after-hours help when something breaks. We're looking for a Software Developer Placement Student. The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Remote within the UAE. The team meets in Dubai once a quarter, travel covered. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short.

You'll help with:

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack

You should be:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Based in the UAE for the duration of the internship
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

4 months, starting Jan 2027. Stipend: AED 9,500 to AED 11,000 per month.

Perks: Possibility of a full-time offer, Certificate of completion, Paid public holidays, Flexible hours.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Desert Tech Support LLC.